1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT • MARC HESA.' 509 



28. Philemon timoriensts (S. Miiller). 



Tropidorhynchus timoriensis. Gray, Hand-1. i. p. 160, sp. 2088; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 390. 



Hab. Lombok {Wallace); Sumbawa (Gmllemard) ; Flores and 

 Timor (Wallace). 



a, b. c? . Sumbawa town. 



c. 2 . Bima, Sumbawa. 



d. 5 . Sumbawa town. 

 e-h. Sumbawa town. 



Iris reddish brown ; bill black ; tarsus bluish ash ; bare skin on 

 head and neck dark brown. Length ,30-5-3 1-8 centims. ; wing 

 14-0-14"8 centims. This species appears to vary considerably in 

 the shade of colour of the under surface and the amount of striping 

 on the neck. The individual c is more or less immature ; the upper 

 surface is interspersed with light brown feathers, the upper tail- 

 coverts are buff, the edges of the outer webs of the secondaries are 

 washed with dull greenish yellow, and there is hardly any striping 

 on the neck. 



This species occurred, in small flocks of eight or ten individuals, 

 in great numbers on the road up to the town of Sumbawa, keeping 

 up a continuous noisy chatter. The note is very loud and harsh. 

 They were afterwards found to be tolerably common at all the places 

 visited on the island. 



29. Calornis minor (Miiller). 



Calornis minor. Gray, Hand-1. ii. p 26, sp. 637.5 ; Bp. Consp, 

 417 ; Wald. Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 80. 



Hab. Lombok, Flores, Timor ( ^aZ/r/ce) ; Sumbawa (GwiY/ewzcrrf). 

 a-c. i . Bima, Sumbawa. 

 d. Sumbawa. 



Iris orange-scarlet ; bill and feet black. Length of wing 9*5-10'2 

 centims. 



30. Amadina insularis, Wallace. 



Amadina insularis. Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 495. 



Hah. Timor and Flores (Wallace); Snmhayva (Ouillemard). 

 a-c. 2 ■ Bima, Sumbawa. 



Iris reddish brown ; bill orange, bright red in the male ; feet 

 yellowish. Length of wing 5'0-5'3 centims. 



31. Osmotreron vernans (Linnseus). 



Osmotreron vernans, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 360; Wald. 

 Tr, Z. S. vol. ix. pt. 2, p. 210 ; B.o. Consp. ii. p. 12. 



Treron viridis, Wallace, Ibis, 1865, p. 3/4. 



Hab. Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, 

 Java, Sun hawa (Guillemard). 



a. c? ■ Sumbawa. 



Iris " pearly "; bill slate-blue at tip, green at base ; tarsus pinkish 

 red. Length of wing 14-4 centims. 



